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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-03

hay for the dairy. Would haze pre-
TERED wheat, bat We co1id not get the
Land ps0wed ia time. This land We
shah seed % timothy and clover. T
bad mind - sow il to clover straight
There = 40 doubt but clover i the very
best feed for milk, and in fact. also for
beef. Whitney told me that when he
changed % clover hay his coxs gained
largely be had a thorough test Of il
a. he changed only part u the herd
- clover. stewart. OF Hilisb0rough
oregon, gave me the same experience
reversed so soon a. he changed from
clover hay 70 timothy his cows Tell of
] think the experience might have been
different If his timothy had been cut
very early That il what propose to
do, cut a. soon a. the clover i ready
and then the tiD0thy viii be Just right
for milk ] have always advised to
seed heavily, and viii in this case fol-
low ms own teaching and sow not less
than - pounds u the mixed seed %
the acre.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-03

\ famIly near PuyaIIup wanted q
girl a. do homework Il was a re-
spectacle place These people were
doing their uwn work, and expected TO
continue 10 help. The spring work
was coming ON more hands employed
some milk 20 take care offence
more help needed in the house.
They offered $50 a month for a girl,
hut no response came. they sent far
and near. and vet no success. Finally
a young lady twho had need a. be
earning somethiugl out % employ
ment was found, who was willing to
accept the place. bat her mother OBJ
jecte,i 3" 20 was afraid 1t would make
her sick - ~ thought she had best take
4 81 huol 10
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-03

This ought to 60 into general use for
certain parts Of our farm work, and
S ~ nri IT, S5l'', d. ' no} believe i
good for everything, as claimed. For
wagons / feel sure not; then for pillow
ing three horses abreast or single il is
impracticable. For p,uwIng hops with
"a double team il is invaluable, and that
is how we ought to do all our blowing.
as csn attest by my experience and
cost in having animals overworked
blowing single, or else " let up and
pillow shallow. did not let Thu,
" thing as | thoughtlessly called it,
~ ont Of the field but bought it and
put 10 % service az once.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-03

Before leaving home had the " next
number nearly ready, aud SO, by the
help OF steam. with plenty of leisure,
the next will be forthcoming In time,
a. hope 10 visit the great dairy region
of New York slip over into some of
their hop yards aud see how the roots
have wintered, and try TO tell our circle
of friends all about what ! have seen
and think / have learned.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21
Fashionable Finger Rings.

sell finger rings from So up to
| SIS, 900, said Brooklyn jeweler to q
Brooklyn Eagle reporter. a.Of course
the most interesting class of rings are
those known as engagement rings.
There are but few varieties Of the latter,
the MIST popular being plain gold bands.
with diamond settings. Sometimes q
ruby is preferred, but diamonds hive
the call. No I don't suppose it is really
necessary for q prospective groom to
give his tiancec On engagement ring, but
custom has decreed it and in conse-
duence we keep them for sale. We'd
ding rings are not SO expensive as they
were when / was married. paid SIS
for the ring with which married my
wife twelve years ago could now buy
a similar r,ng just as heavy for Sill. No
man should regret the sum he pays for
wedding ring as the sensation expert
enced in buying it seldom comes to one
more than once In lifetime. A fine
good sized ruby is even more costly than
a diamond of the same size. Their
value depends wholly on their color.
Opals No we sell but few opals, prob
ably because they are considered un-
lucky. Cats eyes, greenish brown
stones with light running through
them, were formerly very popular with
ladies. Serpent rings are now but sell
dom worn or course, some men will
load themselves down with jewelry
whether it be fashionable or not. To
buy diamonds .;udiciously enc must be
pretty good nudge of those stones. Here
is diamond which l sell for $25 which
an inexperienced buyer could not distin-
guish from this stone lholding up dia-
mond of similar sizej which is worth
1925. One is very much off color while
the other is pure white, and as cle1r as a
bell. In fact the cheaper of the two
stones makes the best showing. is more
dazzling to the eye and is seen to much
better advantage By gaslight. It's de-
fects, however, are easily distinguishable
to the eye Of the experienced 5eweler. Z
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21
Longevity OF, Famous Statesmen.

The longevity Of famous statesmen is
remarkable. Imagine Lord Palmerston
acting vigorously as Prime Minister of
England when over eighty, governing
the vast British Empire with steady
hand, making speeches three hours long
in the House of Commons, and rising
next3fay fresh as man Of forty Think
of the venerable Guizot, the French states
man, who, at the age of eighty-seven,
was still writing histories, presiding over
religious conventions, and carrying on
lively discussions in the French Acad
envy.
The late Lord Lyndhurst made able
speeches in the House of Lords when he
had passed his ninetieth year; and his
longtime rival, Lord Brougham. wrote
his autobiography, in three goodiy vol
umts when he had nearly reached ninety
years.
The Marquis Of Larsdowne, who, as
Lord Hen Petty, was d leading mem
Der of, the AL, the Talents Cabinet Of
which Charles James Fox was the chief,
in 1905, was still an active member of
the House of Lords nearly sixty years
later in 1863. and died in that year at
the age Of eighty-three.
The Duke Of Wellington took part in
public affairs until his death IN 1862, IN
his eighty-third year.
In former generations energetic states
men Of advanced years afefound thlcSly
scattered through the pages Of history.
There was ihsoidI Marquis Of Winchester,
who could remember Edward ~, the
first York sovereign, and who, when ne
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21
WORDS OF WISDOM.

To give and to lose is nothing, but to
lose and to give still Is the part Of &
great mind.
The man who constantly frets over the
amount Of work he has to do binders his
success by his III nature Cheerfnlness
is helpful, and nowhere more SO than the
In the pastorate.
To feel always moredisposed to see the
favorable than the unfavorable side Of
things, isa turn of mind which ii Is
more happy toposse 5 than to be born to
an tate Of ten thousand q year.
& You must work yourself tired before
YOU can rest yourself refre he'd. Labor
Is the appetite for rest, as hunger is for
food; and he who is always doing moth
ing can no more rest than he who IS al
way eating can get hungry
Not soil alone nor sun alone gives
strength and majesty to the sturdy oak,
but also Its exposure to the changes of
the seasons and its battles with the
storms and winds. Soit is,throngh hard
ships we'll and borne trials cheerily met
that man attains to the power and dig
nifty Of his fu nature and the stability
of his true manhood.
The worlds hi toryis divine poem,
of which the History Of every nationis
canto, and every man is word. Its
strains have been pealing down the cen
turtles, and though there have been
mingled the discords of warning cannon
and dying men, yet to tho philosopher
and historian, the humble listener, there
has been divine melody running
through the song which speaks Of hope
and haIcyon DAYS to come
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21
The Coyote ana His Haunts.

A picture ofthe Great Plains is incom-
plete without coyote or two, hurrying
furtivcly through the distance.
The coyote IS awolf--a wolf about two
thirds the size Of that one which haunts
forests and the pages of story books.
He has long, lean body; legs trifie
short but sinewy and active; head more
foxy than wolfish, for the nose Is long
and pointed; the yellow eyes are set in
spectacle frames Of black eyclids, aud the
hanging tan-trimmed ears, may be
erected, giving q well merited air of alert
ness to their Wearer; d tail straight as q
pointer's--also fox-like, for it Is bushy
beyond the ordinary lupine type. and a.
shaggy, large NAMED, wind-ruified, dust
gathering coat Of dingy white, suffused
with tawny brown, or often decidedly
brindled:
"A shade in the stubble, ghost by the wall.
Now leaping, now hmping, now risking
Topeared and large, jointed, but ever alway
a thoroughly vagab0nd outcast in gray
Such is the coyote genus loci or the
plains; an Ishmaclite Of the desert;
consort Of rattlesnake and vulture; the
tyrant of his interiors; jackal to the
puma; bushwacker upon the tanks Of
the buffalo armies; the pariah Of his own
race, and despised by mankind. Withal,
he maintains himself and his tribe in
creases; he outstrips animals feeter than
himself; he foils those Of far greater
strength; he cxcels all his rivals in cum
ming and intelligence; he furnishes to the
Indian not only a breed Of domestic
dogs, but in many canine races ranks as
earliest progenitor: he becomes the cen
tire Of myths, and finally is apotheosized
Our coyote is true Westerner, and
typifies the independence, the unre-
strained gayety and brisk zeal which en-
ter into the heart Of HIM who sights the
Rocky Mountains. He is little known at
present eastward Of real bunch-grass
plains. In early days. however he was
common enough in the open country Of
Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and north
ward, whence he received the name
!. prairie wolf. Z Threading the passes,
lie wanders among the foot hills Of all
the. complicated mountain system that
forms the crest of the continent, and
dwells plentifnlly il California valleys.
Popuzar Srisn = Monthly.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21
A Machine for Melting Snow.

The London Times directs attention to
system of snow melting devised by Mr..
+. Lyon, of London When it is con-
sidered that fall of snow ak inches
deep over one mile Of road sixty feet
wide amounts to 5,SG6 cubic yards, the
impossibility of removing it promptly by
means of horses and rts is at once APP
parent. The principle of Mr.. Lyons in
vention IS that the snow can be dealt
with in tho roads on which it falls when
it is in light and fleecy condition, and
therefore easily melted. The apparatus
consists of q wrought iron tube about
thlrty-fse feet long, having afurnace at
one end, ard short length of vertical
pipe for a Oh ,mney al the other The
tube is made in lengths of six feet, and
each length is taIered SO that they all fit
into each other, and are closely packed
for transport on wheels. When fall Of
snow occurs the apparatus is to be laid
alcng the cutters Of the roads to be
cleaned, the width occupied being about
four feet "A fire is then to be lighted
in the furnace, the he:.tt rom VIII CHI will
rass along the horizontal tube, which, has
fatty arched top. The snow is then
to be shoreled on to the heated tube,
which will melt it, the resulting water
towing away to the nearest gully
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21
The Measurement or the Year.

The length Of the year is strictly 36i
days hours 40 minutes 40 seconds and
seven-tenths Of d second-the time re-
qulred for the revolution Of the earth
Lround the SUM- About As b. g. Julius
C9sar, BY the help IF Sosigines, an All
eyandr.au philosopher, came to a toler-
able clear understanding of the length Of
year, and decreed that every fourth
year should be held to consist of S66
days for the purpose Of absorbing the odd
hours. BY this rather clumsy arrange
ment the natural time fell behind the
re k)ning, as, in reality, every fourth
year, is too much by II minutes, 10 sec
konds, and three tenths of second, so it
inevitably followed that the beginning
of the year moved onward ahead of the
point at which it was in the DAYS Of
Cesar. From the time of the Council of
Nice, in $50 A. D., when the vernal
equinox fell correctly on the 21st of
March, Pope Gregory found, in 1892,
that there had been an over reckoning to
the extent Of ten days, and that the YER
nal equinox fell on the 18th of March.
To correct the past error, he declared that
the 5thN of October Of that year should
be reckoned as the 10Th, and, to keep
the year right in future-the overplus
being Is hours and 81 minutes and 10
seconds in a centuryhe ordered that
every centennial year that could not tie
divided by four Q700, 1900, 1900, 300,
2200l should not be bissextile, as it 9TH
erwise would be: thus, in short, drop
ping the extra day three times every
400 years. While in Catholic countries
the Gregorian style was readily adopted,
it was not so in Protestant nations. In
Britain it was not adopted until 1852,
by watch time the discrepancy between
the Julian and Gregorian periods
amounted to IL days An act of Parlia-
ment was passed debating that the Sd Of
September that year should be reekoned
the 14th, and that three of every four
centennial years should be leap years
1900 not being leap year, the new and
old styles now differ 70 days, our LIST of
January being equivalent to the 18th old
style. In Russia alone of Christian
countries is the old style retained. The
old style is still retained in the Treasury
accounts of Great Britain. In old times
the year was held to begin on the 25th
of March, and this usage, or piece of
antiquity, is also still observed in the
computations of the Chancellor of the
British Exchequer. So the first day of
the financial year is the 9Th of April,
being "Old Lady Day. journal 81
Education.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21
The Unlucky Tom Tit.

A certain Tom-tit, feeling himself
somewhat swelled up by the salubrious-
ness Of fine morning, thought he would
go ahead and puff out his plumage to
such an inordinate extent, that his fell
low-tits would mistake him for an Owl.
and scurrying away, afford him much
amusement Of refined and intellectual
character, His little racket would have
worked all right, had it not happened
that, just as he was indulging in the
preliminary chuckles over his success in
frightening his comrades, a Philadelphia
gunner came along, and, installing
him for partridge, bowlcd him over
without further ceremony.
MORAL. This fable teaches that safety
does not lie necessarily in insignificance,
unless the latter receives the undivided
attention Of the individual lid Bits.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21
A Ghastly Table.

Probably the most horrible and ghAst-
" piece of furniture ever conceived is q
table in the Palazzo Pitt, Florence,
Italy, the work Of Guiseppi Sagatti, who
was several years engaged in its construc-
ton. The material was drawn from
about hundred human corpses, and tie
table consists of circular top resting
upon pedestal with four supports rep
resenting claws The face Of the table
is about three feet in diameter, and APP
pears to be fantastic but artistic work
IN marble, though, in reality, it is COM
posed of the hearts, livers, muscles, and
intestines of the human body. The weird
craftsman who originated this singular
piece of furniture has been dead for many
years, and his work was completed half
a century ago, the last corner Of the tn
BILE, committing suicide over it before it
was secured for the Palazzo Pitt
Sagatti spent several years in perfect
ing q system of petrifaction and sue
ceeded in discovering process whereby
natural animal reaction in corpse after
death could be changed to mineral re-
action by first securing immunity from
decay by an embalming process, and af-
terward immersing the body la a bath
where it absorbed silici particles. For
the purpose of practical illustration Of
the method and its results, he set about
making the table. The corpses neces-
sary for the purpose were obtained from
the hospitals. The intestines were used
in the construction of the ornamental
pedestal, and, having been pressed into
shape, were petrifed. The claws of the
table were formed from the hearts, liv-
ers and lungs, which still retain the APP
pearance of live flesh. The leaf of the
tsble was composed of the larger
muscles of the body artistically ar
ranged together to form the desired
effect The table was intended to
be highly ornamental, and though
nothing was to be used in its construc-
tion but parts of the human body, the
mind that first conceived it was not at a
loss to find means of fermentation. "A hun
dred pairs Of eyes or more, and as many
pairs of ears, were petri6ed and artistic
ally arranged around the edges. The
effect was the most blood -curdling that
could be imagined. The process sue
cecded in preserving the eyeballs in their
natural state, so that after polishing they
retained their color and ante-mortem APP
pearance with an intensified brilliancc.
This completed the task of the savant.
He was proud of the result Of his labors.
The test of his process of petrifaction
was eminently successful. He commu-
nicated his method to the medical world,
but naturally it never became generally
adopted, though it was we'll understood
by surgeons and physicians. Buffalo
Cementarion.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21
iARTINsBURG, ". Va. FRIDAY, JANUARY p, 1887

died, at the age OF ninety seven, was
holding Office under Queen Elizabeth.
As to the Presidents Of the United
States, it is a familiar fact that John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the Sec
ond ard third Presidents, both died the
It'll Of July, 1926, just half century
from the day on which both signed the
Declaration Of Independence, Adams be-
ing ninety-one and jefferson eighty
three. President Andrew jackson lived
to be eighty-two, John Quincy Adams
to be eighty one, and Madison eighty
Eve.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21

The amount of money in the United
States, exclusive Of copper and nickel,
was recently estimated at s54S, Sec, 031
IN gold, S30s, 784, 2a3 in silver, and
$500, 600, 900 in paper; total, 81, 4S7,
To-, 25f.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21

David Dudley Field, who is preaching
q crusade against legal verbosity, says
that the people Of New York FAY annu-
ally over 500, 600 for recording surplus
words in mortgages.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21

There is an >ortes:an well 900 feet
deep in Aberdeen, Neb., that throws out
numbers Of fish that look like the ordi-
nary brook minnow.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-21

Evil is like the potato: The plant is Of
no value, but we cannot do without the
root.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-07
WASHINGTON.

The new extradition treaty between
Great Britain and the United States has been
submitted by President Cleveland to the SEN
ate. II calls for extraditlon for such crimes
as manslaughter, burglary, embezzlement or
larceny of the value of $50 or upward and
malicious injury TO property, but makes de-
cided exemption in favor of merely political
offenders
Last week there were 432, 1897 stand
ard silver dollars issued.
The Attorney General has furnished
an opinion that the interstate commerce act
does not affect the postal service The Post
master General has issued a circular announc-
ing that employees of the department will suf-
fer, no change in their relations TO the rail-
roads.
The Postoffice Department officials
are having prepared series of new designs
of embossed stamps for embossed envelopes
of the !, 2, 4, and 5 cent denominations. The
head of Franklin has been selected for the
1-cent stamp, and the heads of Washington,
Jackson, and Grant for the 2, 4, and b cent
denominations respectively. The general de-
sign of the new series is uniform. On the
upper side and following the oval shape OF the
stamp is the legend "United States postage,
instead of @U s. postage, as on the stamp
now in use. This new series will be ready fol-
issue about May l. The border of the l-cen'
adhesive stamp has been slightly modified tc
conform to the design of the 2-cent stamp.
A contest board has been created by
| the General Land Office, to which all contested
cases arising in the presumption and public
| land decisions shall be referred
The President has directed the allot
ment of lands in severalty to the Indians OF
the Warm Spring reservation in Oregon. Thi'
| is the first action taken under the Indian lane
severalty act, which was passed by the las
Congress By the last census there were 50
Indians on this reservation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Hon. John Fitzgerald, of the
Irish National League, has received the follow
ing cablegram from Mr.. Parnell:
The coercion bill proposed in the House of
CUInuIvns Lhe eighty seventh SinSe the act OF
union, eighty-seven years ago IL Is also the
most stringent, tyrannical, and uncalled Tor Dy
the state Of affairs in Ireland. Never before
has q coercion bill been proposed when crime
was so rapidly decreasing as compared with
previous years The measure Is aimed against
all open agitation, and appears to be expressly
designed for driving discomfort beneath the
surface. 1t places oil public speakers
writer's, and conductors OF newspapers apso-
lutely at the mercy OF stipendiary magistrates
holding their office at the pleasure OF the crown
1t condemns the Irish-speaking peasant OF rack,
rented Kerry to the tender mercies OF packed
iury of Orangemen or landlords, or to a jury OF
Englshmen OF the Old Bailey in London. Inc
Liberal party, headed by Gladstone, stands as
one man against this ubiquitous measure. ana
will fight shoulder to shoulder wi h us in OPP
posing it to the last. 1t seems impossible TO be-
lieve that even the present House OF Commons
will continue TO follow the Tory Government IN
its mad course, and good judges consider that
the measure will break and ruin the CaDinet
We must, however, prepare for the worst ana
l confidently appeal to tho American peoplo
for that sympathy aud support which they
have never withhold from people struggling
for liberty
It is reported at st. Johns, N. F.,
that the whaling steamer Eagle was wrecked,
owing to an explosion, and that its crew of 2CO
men persisted.
It is believed that the branch of the
National Soldiers Home, authorized by the
last Congress, will be located in California.
The Board of Managers will meet at New
York April 10.
Captain Samuels, of the Dauntless,
ascribes the defeat of that boat by the COro-
net to the interference Of Mr.. Colt owner OF
the Dauntless. Captain Samuels and five Of
the crew have left the latter yacht
Buffalo Bill sailed from New Yorl
for London with a steamship-loal of Indians
and wild anima's
Reports have been received tending
TO confirm the dispatch that the sealing steam
err Eagle was wrecked on the Newfoundland
coast, tho vessel going to pieces on reef
There we're 26) men on board, and it is be
lieved that all persisted